Show your appreciation to our hard working and dedicated staff and teachers by stocking the staff/teacher lounge with snacks, drinks, and any other treats you would like to donate! Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week is May 8-12.
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Dignity Project Donations
A note of thanks to all of you generous people who donated sheets and towels to the Las Placitas dignity project here is the short list of what they took to the Juárez shelters this past week. They had to get extra drivers as the 15’ U-haul wouldn’t hold it all.
Read moreStraying from the Path
At the adult ed hour on April 30, David Solem, a licensed clinical social worker, presents “Straying From the Path: Queer Theory and Queer Energy as Models for Individuation.” To learn more about cultural narratives and silenced voices, view the video.
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At adult ed on April 23, Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico, presents “Investigating New Mexico’s Foster System Work.” To learn more about how youth in crisis are handled in our foster care system, watch the video of his presentation.
Read moreThe Disability Experience as a Tool for Transformation
Disability is the only minority group that does not discriminate on any basis. How one leaves or joins the community and lives the experience can change what comes next, both for ourselves and for others. (Adult Ed, 8:30 am, April 16)
Read moreEaster Celebrations
We joyously celebrated Easter with three Easter services: a sunrise service at the Caja del Rio, a MorningSong service and baptism in the Park, and a traditional Easter service in our sanctuary with trumpets and choir singing “This Joyous Eastertide.”
Read moreApril 10, 2023
Dear Saints in Santa Fe and other far-off places, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, the one whom others asked if anything good could come out of Nazareth. Now, I am wondering, might anything good come out of Nashville? We’ve heard too many names of individuals and cities falling victim to gun violence, resembling the cadence of a litany too difficult to finish, name after name, day after day, year after year. Almost unbearable . . ., no, it is unbearable, to imagine the pain and loss this lengthening litany represents. We now include Louisville with yesterday’s shooting at a downtown bank...
Read moreVamanos Video
VIDEO. Tim Rogers, Trails Program Manager, Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Santa Fe Conservation Trust, spoke on the Vamanos walking and hiking program that starts in May and runs through October. His presentation at the Prepared by Men’s Breakfast on April 8 is now available.
Read moreGood Friday Concert
Our Chancel Choir offers “Requiem” by Luigi Cherubini on Good Friday, April 7, 2023. The choir is led by Dr. Linda Raney. This concert is part of our ongoing TGIF concerts offered every Friday. The concerts are open to the public and include a free will offering.
Read moreApril 4, 2023
Dear Saints in Santa Fe and other far-off places, Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, who is leading us through Holy Week. While the world seems fixated today on New York City and the arraignment of a former President, Jesus is in Jerusalem confronting the powers and principalities of the world. It is far too easy, and done without much thought, to jump directly from the excitement of Palm Sunday (though what a beautiful day on the Plaza as we gathered with the Cathedral Basilica and Church of the Holy Faith!) to the joy of Easter. Rather, we are called to follow Jesus, day by day, not look away, and stay close.
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